IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 76.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.14x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 47% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 65.8% — normal range
Effective IV 89.4% (ATM 65.8% + spread 11.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 18.93% (spread 11.82% + slippage 7.11%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.15 (vega 1.361 / spread 11.82%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -12% (bearish) — Raw: -6%
|OI skew| 8.9% — balanced
Vol skew +45.3%, OI skew +8.9% — aligned
0-DTE 61%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -2%, ATM: -29%, OTM: +3% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 52% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 62% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 28% — mixed
Aggressive execution 36% — patient
Conviction -12 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.8% — wide
OI 354,050 — deep
Volume 21,961/day — active
$0.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 71% — wider than sector
Depth 380.8 contracts (bid:178.3 ask:202.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 7.11% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 76% — seller opportunity
IV kink 2.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 3.05 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -12% @ 56% consistency — unclear
Score 58 (ITM 20% + inst 28%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.